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Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good.–Alice May Brock

Alice May Brock was the inspiration for Arlo Gutherie’s album Alice’s Restaurant. She was a painter, designer and owner of Alice’s Restaurant, formerly known as the Back Room Restaurant in Stockbridge, Massachusetts in the U.S.

Front of cookbook from Alice's Restaurant, Alice May Brock on cover. Photo courtesy of Aquarium Drunkard.

To read more about Alice and her cookbook, click here. To listen to Guthrie’s song Alice’s Restaurant, click here.

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2 months agoby jonell_gallowayMy hair was going from pepper to salt. In the beginning, it was golden like corn tassels and as straight as grass. Then thickets of dark-chocolate brown, so thick that my mother fretted and cried along with me as she tried to remove the tangles. When the sun shone, there was auburn. In time, the white started to slip in like a visitor who came in with the moon, and stayed on, leaving a light silvery halo around my face as I looked into the peeling silver mirror in the morning light. The salt has now gently kissed my brow